Part II - Making a Scandi ground blade for a folding knife

[quintonleedavis]

Do you make blades like this for anyone? If so what is the cost? I would love to have a carbon scandi grind folder

[TheSoundEFX]

Awesome bro!!!!!!! What a skill you have. Im getting the Benchmade 8600 Bedlam check it out i think youd have a blast with all the room you have in the grip mine is auto if you get the manual u can swap it like this one and put one kickass forged on it!!!!!!! take care -Dj SoundEFX

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

Mook, I'm curious about something.

You sharpened the forged blade first on a slack belt then a stone. But a slack belt would result in a convex. Did you use the convex portion of the belt as to not overheat the blade, but at the same time establish a bevel that can be flattened out with the use of a stone?

I mean, using a platen on a blade that thin would probably result in burned steel even if you were careful with it, I'm just curious.

[Makermook]

@JesusFuckingChrist84 Actually, I did it because my fine sanding belts are homemade and don't put up with hard pressure very well :) I only ground it a very little bit, so when I took it to the stones, it took an edge very easily.

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

@Makermook

Ah, I see. You know, you can get 2000 grit shop rolls for that sander for ludicrously cheap, good luck finding those anywhere else. ;-)

Out of curiosity, though, what grit was the belt you were using? Looked like a fairly low grit, honestly, in the neighborhood of 400 judging from the noise and the number of sparks being sent, though that is a guess, I get about the same noise from a worn out 120. ;D

[Makermook]

@JesusFuckingChrist84 It was a brand new 200 grit. I've been thinking of getting some of the higher grit belts...just haven't gotten around to it.

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

@Makermook

Hmm, well let me know if you need a source, I know of a place where you can get 4 shop rolls composed of high grits for like 15 dollars, and they are 10 meter rolls. ;-)

[20tom09gt]

that looked amazingly sharp at the end

[ElmStreetKid1986]

WooooHoooo!! This is great my man!! Such amazing vids. I feel the love of the Makermook, for his craft through these vids.

[bushcraftbartons]

that was amazing Mook....enjoyed every bit of it...

[busycando]

great job! just looking at it i got cut...nice i would be proud to have that on my pocket. keep on bushcrafting,  Greg.

[ratlefty]

Vary nice

[lewickimikolaj]

awesome

[aeislugh]

man, makes me want to get a scandi or convex blade to swap out in my buck nobleman

[Waldhandwerk]

Super great knife! The finished product is fantastic! ...I am speechless (you know what that mean! : ) Have a great time, my friend Sepp

[Makermook]

@Waldhandwerk Thanks, Sepp :)

[eamonn280958]

Whats the definition of a scandi grind? I have a mora with the taper starting from about the center of the blade thought that was why it was a scandi grind.

Exellent video.

[Makermook]

@eamonn280958 Your Mora has a Scandi grind, and so does this knife. The only difference is the "steepness" of the bevel. A very narrow bevel, like on the Mora, yields a very keen cutting edge, but it can chip is stressed or torqued sufficiently. I made the angle a little less acute on this knife in order to give a little more oomph behind the cutting edge. It's still shaving sharp, but less prone to micro chips at the cutting edge.

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

Gosh I love the noise of a nice blade gliding across a Japanese water stone, music to my ears. ;-)

[ArtistBlade1972]

Came out pretty nice Mook. Just curious, why didn't ya put the thumb stud on it??

[Makermook]

@ArtistBlade1972 I didn't realize until I was done that the thumb stud was actually easily removed. I thought it was pressed to fit and removing it would (I thought) warp or mar it.

[ArtistBlade1972]

@Makermook Ah, I had thought I mentioned it unscrewed. Must have forgotten.

You about ready to make your own folder? I made one lockback in solid damascus and I'm working on my first liner lock. They are not as hard to build as you would think really....

[Makermook]

@ArtistBlade1972 I've thought about making one, but from scratch. I have a Japanese folder that has a body that's just a simple "taco" of brass holding a nice steel blade. That might be a place for me to start.

[ArtistBlade1972]

@Makermook A liner lock is surprisingly easy to design and build. I haven't tried a framelock yet, but I'm sure they'd be about the same. The damascus lockback I did was kinda hard. I should have taken one apart first to see how they were built instead of using trial and error. Would have saved a lot of time. I'm thinking about making something similiar to that axis lock by benchmade. It's very forgiving as it's somewhat of a self adjusting lock.

[firearms1894]

Great work on the blades. I imagine it is a lot of work to get to the final product but rewarding knowing you have some skills that most don't and that you can create something special. Thanks for sharing the tutorials with us and thanks for posting.

[RDPproject]

At 4:10 I was thinking..."man..he needs one of my grinding blocks"

But then at 4:42 I was thinking..."maybe not"

Turned out really REALLY nice MARK.

[Makermook]

@RDPproject Thanks :)

[jtimmis]

great craft you have!

[nickwoo2]

I'm making my first folder. Trying to make a mid lock. Probably going to be a grind similar to yours. What steel are you using i usually just temper at 400 for 15-30 min.

[Makermook]

@nickwoo2 I used O1 for both the forged and the Scandi blade. I chose 350 degrees for tempering to give it a little more hardness since it's a smaller blade and not likely to be used for heavy torque like a full-tang knife might be.

[Wyndstarthedruid]

excellent. that turned out awesome, well, since you know the process now, any chance of doing one for other folks? huh?, huh?! lol

[Makermook]

@Wyndstarthedruid Oh, maybe :) After doing this first one, the process seems pretty straightforward, but it is pretty labor-intensive. But it is a lot of fun to see a Scandi-ground blade in a folding knife...just something you never expect to see.

[Wyndstarthedruid]

been waitin on this for a while. watching now!.